Wagon



Patented Sept. 20, H898.

F. K. HICKS.

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(Application led Mar. 30, 1898.)

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WAGON.

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FLOYD K. Rions, or CANTON, ILLINOIS.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,921, datedSeptember 20, 1898.

Application led Mar-ch 30, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLOYD K. Rions, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Wagon, of which the following is aspecification.

The inventionV relates to improvements in wagons. p

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwagons, more especially the running-gear, and to provide a simple,strong, and durable one adapted to be readily applied to variousfour-wheeled vehicles and capable of havin g its wheels track perfectly,so that a vehicle may be turned in a short space.

A further object of the invention is to increase the strength of a wagonrunning-gear and to avoid perforating the front and rear axles for thereception of the pivots of the holsters.

Another object of the invention is to enable the running-gear to bereadily varied in length to adjust it to wagon-bodies of different sizesand to provide simple and efficient means for limitingthe pivotalmovement of the axles, and thereby prevent the wheels from coming incontact with the sides of the body.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a running-gearconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view, the body being in position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View of the reach having the opening. Fig. et is a sectionalview of one end of the other reach. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective Viewof one of the pivoted boxes for connecting the ends of the reach-bars tothe axles.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l and 2 designate frontV and rear axles adjustably connected together bydiagonallydisposed reaches 3 and 4, pivotally connected at their endswith the front and rear axles adjacent to the wheels, as clearly shownin Serial No. 675,743. (No model.)

axles and, pivotally connected to the same at 7. The space between thearms permits the reaches to be adjust-ed longitudinally to vary thelength of the running-gear for accommodating wagon -bodies of differentlengths. Wear-plates are interposed between the upper and lower faces ofthe axles and the arms 6 to prevent the axles from becoming worn, andthe boxes 5 are provided with central perforations receiving pins 8orother suitable fastening devices, which engage perforations of thereaches for securing the same at the desired adjustment. Theperforations of the reaches are arranged at intervals, as clearly shownin Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, and the fastening devices 8,which engage the perforations, are provided at their upper ends withheads and are adapted to be readily removed to effect the desiredadjustment.

The reach-3 consists of a continuous bar, and the reach 4t, which isprovided with a longitudinal Opening 9 for the reception of the reach 3,is composed of the central section' and end sections Or bars 10. Thecentral section consists of upper and lower metal bars 1l, connected attheir ends by boxes or sleeves 12, which are perforated for thereception of fastening devices 13, and the latter secure the end bars Orsections 10 to the central section. By arranging the reach 3 within thelongitudinal opening 9 of the reach et the pivotal movement of the axlesis limited to prevent the wheels from coming in contact with the body 14when turning the vehicle. The body 1/1 is supported upon front and rearbolsters 15 and 16, which are pivotally connected with the front andrear axles by pins or bolts 17 and 18,'arranged, respectively, at therear faces of thefront bolster and front axle and at the front facesofthe rear bolster and :rear axle. The front bolster and front axle areprovided with eyes 19 and 2O to receive the pin or bolt 17, and the rearbolster and rear axle are provided with corresponding eyes 21 and 22.

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By arranging the vertical bolts or pivots of the front and rear holstersat the faces thereof the axles and bolsters are not weakened byperforating them, and the running-gear, besides being strengthened inthis manner, has increased strength from the fact that it elnploys apair of reaches instead of one reachbar.

The invention has the following advantages: The runninggear, which issimple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is adapted forvarious four-wheeled vehicles and is capable of ready adjustment toincrease and diminish its length. The axles and the bolsters are notperforated for the reception of the pivots, and the opening of the reach4 limits the pivotal movement of the axles and prevents the wheels fromcoming in contactwith the body in turningI the vehicle.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of theadvantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising. a pairof axles, boxes or sleeves provided with arms pivotally connected to theupper and lower faces of the axles, diagonally-disposed reaches adjustably arranged in the boxes or sleeves of the axles, and means for'securing the reaches at the desired adjustment, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of front and rearaxles, diagonally-disposed reaches, and sleeves or boxes receiving theends of the reaches and provided with arms pi votally connected With theaxles, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with front andrear axles, of a continuous reach-bar 3 extending diagonally across therunning-gear, the oppositely-disposed reach 4 composed of end bars, anda central section having a longitudinal opening to receive the reach-bar3 and consisting of upper and lower bars, and sleeves or boxes arrangedat the terminals of the upper and lower bars and receiving the end bars,and means for connecting the ends of the reaches with the axles,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

A. C. SHAPLAY, M. F. HUFFOR'D.

